I am still hopeful Linux is the future of mobile devices. I really dislike that on android 5 years of feature updates is really good and only the best phones can strive for this, where as a 10 year old laptop or desktop computer can usually run Linux without any problems and expect both security and feature updates as long as you want. Not even mentioning the limited choice in software that works in an android environment.
I currently use Sailfish which isn't what most people mean by mobile linux and does have a lot of problems, but hopefully my sailfish device I have now will see me through until mobile linux is at the point I feel like I can move across.
Phones right now are where computers were about 15-20 years ago.
Just getting to the point where you can keep one for more than a couple years before it's too old and slow to do anything.
I think it probably depends what you want out of your phone (and this goes for computers too). Most "budget" phones are more than sufficient for my usage which is light internet browsing, calls/texts, podcasts, alarm clock, calendar and a few other things. I don't really game or watch videos or other things on my phone so usually what happens is the phone stops getting supported before reaching the end of its life.
Before my current phone (which is fairly new), I used my last phone for 5 years and only gave up on it because it had stopped receiving software updates. I plan to keep my phone at least as long providing Sailfish keep supporting it.
Never considered anything other than Android, but it's an excellent idea. It's a shame none of the options are good. Anyone have any insight as to why things suck?
I'd say wildly variable hardware configurations with poor driver support.
The situation would improve if hardware vendors would upstream the code, but I just don't see it.
Lack of funding. Throw enough money at this problem and it will be solved.
Some say it's better not to use cellphones at all.
I am still hopeful Linux is the future of mobile devices. I really dislike that on android 5 years of feature updates is really good and only the best phones can strive for this, where as a 10 year old laptop or desktop computer can usually run Linux without any problems and expect both security and feature updates as long as you want. Not even mentioning the limited choice in software that works in an android environment.
I currently use Sailfish which isn't what most people mean by mobile linux and does have a lot of problems, but hopefully my sailfish device I have now will see me through until mobile linux is at the point I feel like I can move across.
Phones right now are where computers were about 15-20 years ago.
Just getting to the point where you can keep one for more than a couple years before it's too old and slow to do anything.
I think it probably depends what you want out of your phone (and this goes for computers too). Most "budget" phones are more than sufficient for my usage which is light internet browsing, calls/texts, podcasts, alarm clock, calendar and a few other things. I don't really game or watch videos or other things on my phone so usually what happens is the phone stops getting supported before reaching the end of its life.
Before my current phone (which is fairly new), I used my last phone for 5 years and only gave up on it because it had stopped receiving software updates. I plan to keep my phone at least as long providing Sailfish keep supporting it.
Never considered anything other than Android, but it's an excellent idea. It's a shame none of the options are good. Anyone have any insight as to why things suck?
I'd say wildly variable hardware configurations with poor driver support.
The situation would improve if hardware vendors would upstream the code, but I just don't see it.
Lack of funding. Throw enough money at this problem and it will be solved.